WIRED ICONKevin Systrom, Cofounder of InstagramNOMINATESKarlie Kloss, Founder of Kode With KlossyWhen Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom met Karlie Kloss through friends in 2012, he had no idea who the supermodel was. He had launched his mobile photo-sharing app two years before, and he was a “typical tech guy,” he says, oblivious to culture. She was…

Kirkpatrick Sale is a leader of the Neo-Luddites. WIRED’s Kevin Kelly wrote the book on neo-biological technology. Food fight, anyone?Kelly: Other than arson and a lot of vandalism, what did the Luddites accomplish in the long run?Sale: The Luddites raised what was called at the time “the machinery question,” and they raised it in such…

Circa 2010, China: The aftermath of Urumqi riots in 2009 resulted in a ban and blockage of 1.3 million websites in the country. Even large internet companies like Fanfou, the Middle Kingdom’s first microblogging platform, shut down. The next few years saw a raft of new internet companies launching new products and platforms. Meituan-Dianping, Toutiao,…

Alex a few months after we started dated on the left. A pretty recent photo (in Thailand) on the right.Quickly Catching you Up: Alex’s Death & memorials3 pieces of advice about Death and Love“How is Tony doing?”Get to know Alex (better)Alex’s Death and MemorialsTo catch you up: Alex died on July 17th. She was fishing in…

When InVision was founded in 2011, its CEO and founder, Clark Valberg, knew he’d have to get creative to maintain a competitive edge. Google had recently increased its presence in Manhattan, making it all the more difficult to snag coveted East Coast tech talent. To open an office in New York’s punishing real-estate market wasn’t…

This post touches on some of my more controversial and debatable ideas on management and leadership. They stem from 8 years of experience leading engineering teams ranging from 2 to 25. While my experience has been limited to software engineering, I’m fairly certain these ideas apply to just about every trade. My explanations barely scratch…

Verizon and public safety — Verizon tries to repair reputation after throttling firefighters during wildfire. Jon Brodkin – Oct 8, 2018 4:58 pm UTC Enlarge / A firefighter in a Verizon ad touting the carrier’s commitment to public safety.VerizonVerizon is touting its commitment to firefighters and public safety in a new ad, released weeks after…